diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/screen_notification_menu_table.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/screen_notification_menu_table.lua
index 2d051eda6..d2ab2b6d1 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/screen_notification_menu_table.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/screen_notification_menu_table.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 local Notification = require("ui/widget/notification")
+local TextViewer = require("ui/widget/textviewer")
+local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
 local band = bit.band
@@ -76,5 +78,26 @@ This allows selecting which to show or hide.]]),
             end,
             separator = true,
         },
+        {
+            text = _("Show past notifications"),
+            callback = function()
+                local content = require("ui/widget/notification"):getPastMessages()
+
+                if not content or #content == 0 then
+                    content = _("No notifications available.")
+                else
+                    content = table.concat(content, "\n")
+                end
+
+                local textviewer
+                textviewer = TextViewer:new{
+                    title = _("Past notifications"),
+                    text = content,
+                    justified = false,
+                }
+                UIManager:show(textviewer)
+            end,
+            keep_menu_open = true,
+        },
     }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
index c927e3f75..fdd42c0ad 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ local SOURCE_ALL = SOURCE_BOTTOM_MENU +
                    SOURCE_DISPATCHER +
                    SOURCE_OTHER
 
+-- Maximum number of saved message text
+local MAX_NB_PAST_MESSAGES = 20
+
 local Notification = InputContainer:extend{
     face = Font:getFace("x_smallinfofont"),
     text = _("N/A"),
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ local Notification = InputContainer:extend{
     SOURCE_SOME = SOURCE_SOME,
     SOURCE_DEFAULT = SOURCE_DEFAULT,
     SOURCE_ALL = SOURCE_ALL,
+    _past_messages = {}, -- a static class member to store the N last messages text
 }
 
 function Notification:init()
@@ -164,6 +168,10 @@ function Notification:notify(arg, source, refresh_after)
     return false
 end
 
+function Notification:getPastMessages()
+    return self._past_messages
+end
+
 function Notification:_cleanShownStack()
     -- Clean stack of shown notifications
     if self._shown_idx then
@@ -204,10 +212,15 @@ function Notification:onShow()
     if self.timeout then
         UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
     end
+
+    if #self._past_messages >= MAX_NB_PAST_MESSAGES then
+        table.remove(self._past_messages)
+    end
+    table.insert(self._past_messages, 1, os.date("%X: ") .. self.text)
+
     return true
 end
 
-
 function Notification:onTapClose()
     if self.toast then return end -- should not happen
     UIManager:close(self)
diff --git a/frontend/version.lua b/frontend/version.lua
index 67917ef09..30fe881c3 100644
--- a/frontend/version.lua
+++ b/frontend/version.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 This module helps with retrieving version information.
 ]]
 
+local VERSION_LOG_FILE = "version.log"
+
 local Version = {}
 
 --- Returns current KOReader git-rev.
@@ -86,4 +88,47 @@ function Version:getBuildDate()
     return self.date
 end
 
+--- Get last line in `VERSION_LOG_FILE`.
+-- @treturn last line in `VERSION_LOG_FILE` or an empty string
+function Version:getLastLogLine()
+    local log_file = io.open(VERSION_LOG_FILE, "r")
+    local last_log_line
+    if log_file then
+        for line in log_file:lines() do
+            last_log_line = line
+        end
+        log_file:close()
+    end
+
+    return last_log_line or ""
+end
+
+--- Append text to a `VERSION_LOG_FILE`.
+-- @string text text to be appended
+function Version:appendToLogFile(text)
+    local log_file = io.open(VERSION_LOG_FILE, "a")
+    if not log_file then
+        return
+    end
+    log_file:write(text, "\n")
+    log_file:close()
+    return true
+end
+
+--- Updates `VERSION_LOG_FILE` and keep the file small
+-- @string model device model (may contain spaces)
+function Version:updateVersionLog(current_model)
+    local last_line = Version:getLastLogLine()
+
+    local dummy, dummy, last_version, last_model = last_line:match("(.-), (.-), (.-), (.-)$")
+    self.last_version = last_version or "last version not found"
+    self.last_model = last_model or "last model not found"
+
+    if self.rev ~= last_version or current_model ~= last_model then
+        -- Appends KOReader git-rev, model and current date to the `VERSION_LOG_FILE`
+        -- in the format 'YYYY-mm-dd, HH:MM:SS, git-rev, model'
+        self:appendToLogFile(os.date("%Y-%m-%d, %X, ") .. self.rev .. ", " .. current_model)
+    end
+end
+
 return Version
diff --git a/reader.lua b/reader.lua
index a5aa48c68..cd2c0750e 100755
--- a/reader.lua
+++ b/reader.lua
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ local userpatch = require("userpatch")
 userpatch.applyPatches(userpatch.early_once)
 userpatch.applyPatches(userpatch.early)
 
-io.write(" [*] Version: ", require("version"):getCurrentRevision(), "\n\n")
+local Version = require("version")
+io.write(" [*] Version: ", Version:getCurrentRevision(), "\n\n")
 
 -- Load default settings
 G_defaults = require("luadefaults"):open()
@@ -185,6 +186,9 @@ end
 local CanvasContext = require("document/canvascontext")
 CanvasContext:init(Device)
 
+-- Update the version log file if there was an update or the device has changed
+Version:updateVersionLog(Device.model)
+
 -- Handle one time migration stuff (settings, deprecation, ...) in case of an upgrade...
 require("ui/data/onetime_migration")